LLLL and NNNN domains with local TLDs - Interesting or not?

[tvanrijt]

Hi all,

As stated in my introduction I am new to the game. Obviously, I picked up rather quickly that NNNN.com and LLLL.com (preferrably CCCC.com I believe) are worth something.

However, my question is: does this also apply to local TLDs, so for instance LLLL.co.uk, LLLL.cn, LLLL.fr, LLLL.de etc?

Is it better to stay away from these domains until I have more experience, or would these be rather safe bets as well if you could get these registered after expiration?

I am not saying I would make big bucks here, but if these would normally be able to generate close to mid $ xx and I only pay reg fee, it is a nice and relatively safe way to build some money to invest. This is what I am looking for at this point: investments with relatively small profit margins, but safe bets if you only pay reg fees.

Thanks for your opinions.

 

[The_General]

I can only talk from the .co.uk perspective where there is virtually no market for random 4l. Remember, it's only since the Far East has got into 4L that they have picked up from $40 - a 4L with uncommon letters is hard to sell to end users, it's just that no one cares about end users anymore for short .com! Then if you take a ccTLD that isn't being used as a gTLD, you have less value because of a much smaller market. The markets for ccTLDs are also far less liquid so you may have to hang on for a long time. Oh, and all the good ones are gone and there are plenty of talented full time drop catchers picking up the expired gems.

I'd say it's similar for .de and .fr but obviously .cn is different...

Of course a massive investment fund could decide they are the next buy out but it's unlikely in a well mined, but low liquidity tld - not the safe bet you are looking for!

It's a great time to be entering the domain name game but the only advice I can give confidently in the current market is: study the balls off the type of domains you want to buy and then don't spend more than you can afford to lose!

 

[aramyus]

@tvanrijt

I like your model and I think it's perfectly realistic to start.

You won't find interest nor support from most domainers on this forum because the margin is very small and you need a lot of transactions to live from it. Yet, I think a few members on this forum use exactly your business model.

You can refine your model; there are threads where people explicitely ask for the kind of domains they are interested to buy. You also need to look on namebio what sells. Then, all you have to do is explore expired domains, bargain auctions or unregistered domains to buy. I also think it's an excellent learning method.

I also suggest you join our beginner group if you are not already part of it
namepros.com/threads/skype-beginners-group.914137/

 

[tvanrijt]

Thank for the reply @aramyus.

I will definitely look at what people are asking for. I have also built up a portfolio of a bunch of .info, .tech, .online and .ninja domains since the reg was $ 1.50. If I sell 1 for $ 15,-, that covers 10 other domains, so a pretty safe start since I have a year to sell these.

I have some LLLL.ninja domains (all repeating characters, so for instance aaaa.ninja, don't know how you describe this) and a few .tech or .online that made sense to me (for instance androidphone.tech, dronecamera.tech, 10dayforecast.info for weather, yogaexercises.online).

I have joined the skype group yesterday, thanks

 

[tvanrijt]

And of course, thank you too @The_General. I will stay away from the local domains for now, except for my local .nl extension.